Drumming the Beating Heart

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Drumming the Beating Heart
Drumming the Beating Heart cover.jpeg
Studio album by
Eyeless in Gaza
Released1982 (1982)
StudioWoodbine Street Recording Studios
LabelCherry Red
Producer
Eyeless in Gaza chronology
Pale Hands I Loved So Well
(1982) 		Drumming the Beating Heart
(1982) 		Rust Red September
(1983)

Drumming the Beating Heart is the fifth album by English band Eyeless in Gaza, released in 1982 by record label Cherry Red.

Content[]

Regarding the album's style, AllMusic wrote that the album "finds the Nuneaton duo fashioning their stock sonic components into more immediately accessible, conventional song structures, albeit at the avant end of the pop spectrum".[1]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[1]
New Musical Expressfavourable[2]
Smash Hitsunfavourable[3]
Trouser Pressfavourable[4]

NME called it "so much better than their previous sluggish experiments not because it’s more “commercial”, but because the endeavour required to redesign their form clarifies and strengthens it."[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Neate, Wilson. "Drumming the Beating Heart – Eyeless in Gaza | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Hill, Dave (July 31, 1982). "Different Drum". New Musical Express. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  3. ^ Shelley, Jim (September 16, 1982). "[Drumming the Beating Heart review]". Smash Hits. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  4. ^ W., John (January 1983). "[Drumming the Beating Heart review]". Trouser Press. Retrieved June 27, 2016.

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